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YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 411 views • 3:56"View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-goths-dan-adams What do fans of atmospheric post-punk music have in common with ancient barbarians? Not much ... so why are both known... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 1 week ago • 25 views • 5:31"While pulling a load ..." YouTube: Sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 weeks ago • 282 views • 2:39YouTube: A very weird way a thunderstorm might kill you.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 weeks ago • 124 views • 3:56John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37You guys know I tried to give Weird Al a joint after one of his concerts right? I was young, drunk and didn't know he was squeaky clean. Gotta say he was very polite [as far as I recall that is] YouTube:... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 58 views • 7:34One thing I should point out is that Mr. Manley consistently gets Karl Schwarzschild's name wrong. It's Schwarz Schild (black shield) and pronounced more like shield (except the d is a t sound and it's... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,050 views • 8:00There’s one interpretation of the meaning of quantum mechanics that manages to skip a lot of the unphysical weirdness of the mainstream interpretations: it's de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 23 views • 16:32Always thought it was weird that America switches the traditions red=left, blue=right colour scheme.
posted by ChaosEngine 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 466 views • 5:53YouTube: Kids are weird. They eat mud, talk to bugs, and stick things up their noses... but the changes kids go through as they grown out of infancy and into childhood are even weirder!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 25 views • 9:07YouTube: We all know ducks quack, dogs bark, and birds chirp, but that barely scratches the surface of all the amazing ways animals have devised to talk to each other!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months ago • 126 views • 9:18Yes, it's only micrograms of difference, but it's still really weird: until 2018, the kilogram is defined as "the weight of this physical object". So what happens when that object changes?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months ago • 1,538 views • 3:45Tom Scott: "Continuing the occasional Weird European Infrastructure Tour: an Italian lift that switches direction from horizontal to vertical. And honestly, until someone pointed it out to me, I could... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 1 week ago • 704 views • 2:29Oh Hank ... you so pun! YouTube: Join Hank Green to learn ten weird, scary, and amazing things fungi can do!
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 week ago • 37 views • 9:47YouTube: A waterfall that seems to just disappear into the ground sounds pretty unbelievable, but scientists are still bewildered by the mysteries of Devil's Kettle Falls.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 weeks ago • 254 views • 3:22YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-cats-act-so-weird-tony-buffington They’re cute, they’re lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 730 views • 4:58YouTube: Eyes have been around for a long time, like... half a billion years or so... and in that time, animals have evolved lots of crazy and amazing ways to observe the world around them!
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 403 views • 8:42Google's Project Tango is a way for computers to know where they are in space, which means you can create amazing experiences that straddle augmented and virtual reality.
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 3 months ago • 766 views • 8:36YouTube description: What happens when you pour liquid nitrogen on a flame? What about when you blow on the flame with a cup in the way? Try these five unusual ways to extinguish a candle. Pour out... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 272 views • 5:17